The Breast-bowl or nipple-jatte, was created in 1787 as a royal command for the Dairy of Rambouillet, a place offered by Louis XVI to Marie Antoinette, who enjoyed the rural "design" of the place and neoclassical decorations that were in vogue at that time. It is even said, but it is a legend, that the curve of the Breast-bowl was obtained by molding the royal breast!

Imprisoned by Dériadès, Tectaphos, Indian prince, was locked in a dungeon and condemned to starve to death. Her daughter, who had just become a mother, asked the guards to let her enter the jail to make a last consolation. They let her go, and there, she gave his father the milk from her breast. Deriades, when he learnt the daughter's piety, decided to release his enemy.

A long time ago, in some places in France (in Hérault, but also in the Cevennes and in Provence), there were men who were called "tétaïres". They were assigned to assist women breastfeeding by suckling their breasts, for example to promote the flow of milk, or when breasts were engorged (especially if the baby had died), or even to give the nipples an appropriate form.

In the episode 9 of the 5th season of "Weeds", Nancy is out to dinner with Andy (her brother-in-law) and becomes painfully engorged. Not being able to relieve the pressure by herself, she hollers for Andy and begs him to “suck ‘n spit.”

The story of Pero and Cimon is Roman and is found in a book of stories about ancient life written about 30 AD. In the tale, Cimon is sentenced to death by starvation, but his daughter Pero visits him in jail and secretly breastfeeds him to save his life. She is caught by the jailers, but her act impresses jailers and they release Cimon.

On a train, a bucolic peasant wet nurse feels discomfort because she has no child with her to suckle. To relieve her distress, she asks a young stranger, also traveling in te carriage, to suckle her milk.

In Museo del Prado (Madrid), there is an oil painting that represents the statue of the Virgin Mary, carrying the child in her left arm, and squirting milk from her breast directly in the mouth of a priest kneeling in front of her.

In the September issue of Glamour magazine, stunning actress Olivia Wilde was photographed by Patrick Demarchelier breastfeeding her son Otis while wearing a sparkling Roberto Cavalli gown and Prada heels.

Where many people wondered why she decided to share sucha private photo on Instagrams, some just appreciate the beauty of the scene, and some others explain that her choice to share this will break the taboo and help future mothers to consider breastfeeding.